Star Wars will have an impact on Kerry tourism for the next '20-30 years’

Mike O’Shea, adventurer and owner of Work at Height, which looked after the logistics of getting cast, crew and equipment onto Skellig Michael, said: “We knew what they wanted us to know even though we were heavily involved but it’s a very secretive industry.

“This is going to be great for Kerry because it’s going to have an impact for the next 20 or 30 years.

“Rural Ireland is still recovering from the crash so we need to look forward and embrace these things. We need tourism and so we need to embrace projects like this.”